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To clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions…

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To clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the Administration.

Introduced: April 13, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 19, 2000
Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
May 16, 2000
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 16, 2000
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 27, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Apr 13, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 13, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the National Nuclear Security Administration Act to direct the Administrator for Nuclear Security to ensure that the operations and activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration are executed in full compliance with Federal and State environmental, safety, and health laws and regulations (including any directives issued thereunder, and waivers of Federal sovereign immunity).

States that all environmental protection, safety, and health provisions applicable to Department of Energy functions or facilities immediately before the effective date of this Act shall continue to apply to corresponding functions or facilities of the Administration.

What's happening now June 19, 2000

Executive Comment Requested from DOE.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 9, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4288: To clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the Administration.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4288/
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"H.R. 4288: To clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the Administration.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4288/.
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H.R. 4288, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4288/.
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[H.R. 4288: To clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the Administration.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4288/)
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